According to David Pogue, READABILITY is a "real life-changer".
I tried it with the Firefox browser. It’s a free button for your browser’s toolbar When you click it, Readability eliminates all the nonsense from whatever you are reading except the text and photos... no ads, no sidebars, no blinking, links, banners, promos or anything else. You select your own font size and margins for enjoyable reading.
Pogue warns that occasionally Readability doesn’t handle some webpages correctly.All you do is refresh the page to see the original.
Give it a try. You'll forget that you're reading from a screen.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
21 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade
I liked some of the comments adding items which became obsolete this decade: fiscal responsibility!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Establishing a Personal Learning Network
This may be the most important post of the year which I have made to this blog:
Announcing: The Edublog Awards 2009
The nominations are up and voting is now open in the 2009 Edublog Awards.
The Edublog Awards pulls together lists of excellent blogs / sites.
These lists give you a one-stop shopping place for influential folks to follow online and are a great way of discovering hidden treasures and cool ideas on how these different social media tools can be used in an Educational context. I plan on sifting through many of these bloggers and tweeters to see who I am missing.
And, please vote if for someone if they have been mentoring you online. It's payback time. Time to get started....take the time to peruse and vote. I guarantee that you'll be glad you did.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Google Living Stories Project in google labs
News, made for the Web.
The Living Stories project is an experiment in presenting news, one designed specifically for the online environment. The project was developed by Google in collaboration with two of the country's leading newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
All in one place
Complete coverage of an on-going story is gathered together and prioritized on one URL. You can now quickly navigate between news articles, opinion pieces and features without long waits for pages to load.
Easy to explore
Each story has an evolving summary of current developments as a well as an interactive timeline of critical events. Stories can be explored by themes, significant participants or multimedia.
Smarter reading
Updates to the story are highlighted each time you come back, and older news is summarized.
The Living Stories project is an experiment in presenting news, one designed specifically for the online environment. The project was developed by Google in collaboration with two of the country's leading newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
All in one place
Complete coverage of an on-going story is gathered together and prioritized on one URL. You can now quickly navigate between news articles, opinion pieces and features without long waits for pages to load.
Easy to explore
Each story has an evolving summary of current developments as a well as an interactive timeline of critical events. Stories can be explored by themes, significant participants or multimedia.
Smarter reading
Updates to the story are highlighted each time you come back, and older news is summarized.
Google Goggles!
This looks like it'll be a nice way to search, especially if you're not the best at keyboarding on a phone! Can't wait to try it on my Droid phone. Currently only available with the android operating systems.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
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